Making, Fixing, and Cleaning different things around the Home and Garage to Save Money.
- Homemade Tools for Air Duct Cleaning
- Budget Friendly fixes for common items
- Tool Modifications
As well as other Cost Effective DIY solutions for the Home, Garage, and Garden
Пікірлер
Thanks for posting. Am researching converting a Blackhawk Talon 190 to a Weight Shift wing.
You're welcome. I plan to show more videos about these kinds of aircraft. The Blackhawk Talon 190 conversion sounds like fun.
How do you drink your beer while you fly if you are steering ?
Could probably put some non-alcoholic beer in a camel back pack or something like that.
Tactically explained
I had my ducts professionally cleaned recently but they didnt do one section (my dad noticed). They have been a pain in the butt to come back out and finish the job. If i get the 50 ft dryer vent cleaning tools on amazon can i finish myself? Sorry if u already mentioned this, i just started looking at DIY options today
You might need to make some homemade duct cleaning tools like I show in other videos on my channel in order to clean that segment yourself. Those videos should be linked in the description below. Remember that whatever you use to sweep the duct, a negative air machine (duct vacuum) needs to be used to suck out the dust and debris. The DIY leaf blower vacuum I used in this video worked okay, but was kinda weak for how large the duct was.
I am really glad that the experts on the net are helping us
I don't know if I'm an expert on anything, but I'm happy to help.
I have the exact same single Aqua one and it wasn’t pushing air, the small valve was dirty and now it works better than before
Those little valves can get pretty dirty. I'm glad that fixed the problem
It sounded like a railgun going off. Glad I had my speakers turned down haha
Yeah, it was too loud. I should have edited that part more to make it less noisy. Thank you for letting me know about that.
Ok so I started this before watching this video and didn’t disconnect any electronics except the circuit board where the buttons are (I covered it with a ziplock bag) but I didn’t unplug anything. I just sprayed hvac solvent right to the coils and even touched it with my bare hands at one point haha glad I’m still alive!
They really should make dehumidifiers like this easier to clean.
Saw the video, I will try to open, but if its this bad its getting junked. Thank you for sharing and teaching.
Right in the middle of cleaning and not in to bad of shape, run in a dusty tuck under garage. I will not be going to separate the 2 coils, but will get the vacuum and air compressor out now for a deeper clean. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome
Nice, you can fix anything
Thank you
Great video. I have the same model, and have been noticing a funk about it. Time to dive in. Your filming of the disassembly will help.
Thank you
Thank you
You're welcome
What a great video. Thank you for your generosity in sharing your expertise. I have one of these units and cleaned the bucket before seeing your video. I couldn't believe how the tank was designed. At least partial disassembly is needed to clean out a bucket and even then it can't be properly cleaned. An absolutely idiotic design. I then saw your video and I now understand what's needed to clean this unit. Unbelievable.
Thank you. I hope companies that make these types of dehumidifiers are learning.
This is a great build! Where can I find the plans for this?
Thank you. I haven't drawn up any plans for it yet.
Don’t know if I can get to them on my Tosot dehumidifier but I’m going to try to get to the coils. I know that’s where my mold smell is coming from.
Seems like most of these types dehumidifiers were never intended to be cleaned.
My cordless Waterpik doesn't work and it's brand new out of the box. I just bought it for power outages. It turns on so the battery seems good. I don't really understand how it works.
I'm not sure what the problem could be. If the tip came with a blockage or defect, that may be fixed by changing the tip for another. It might be that the pump needs to be primed with water. I think this priming can be done by simply blowing air into the reservoir tank. I would probably put my mouth over the opening for filling the tank and try to pressurize it some to force water into the pump.
Amogus
I'm unfamiliar with this word.
Your are not cultured then
Too busy
@@Karlsverden It's a video game. In the game players hide in vents which is where the slang word sus came from. Don't ask me how I know
@@xe5vu amogus
ever burn roadkill? ....for some biblical-sacrifice-caliber amendments
Love how Red Gardens composts the dead rodents. Seems like a more direct way to recover nutrients. Also seen video of industrial scale hog composting.. but there you need higher temperatures for 8-10 days. Only the bones remain, which then can be added to the biochar burning batches.
Not yet, but I'm open to the possibility.
@@BudgetPhil do it. srsly. that's the key. we get scary stories about living sacrifices and burnt offerings and pagan blood rituals...because they are the key to surviving on this planet. ww3 started w/economic stuff several years ago....and "it's not dark yet, but it's gettin there."
@@BudgetPhil you just burn off all the edible stuff. (hence "sacrifice") it's also an energy transfer dealing with something you desire being given freely to 'god'
Seems like it could be unpleasant to convert road kill into biochar, but I will seriously consider it.
Great video. Thanks I will try your method. I just tried blood meal yesterday for the first time in.my garden it rained last night. And boy my onion plants doubled in leave size over night. It's true that organic natural forms of fertilizer give better results than those made from mined minerals.
Thank you. Yes I agree, organic fertilizers can really help to improve soil ecology.
Not super great charcoal.. but that's how it goes. it will have aromatic hydrocarbons in it - the usual concern.
It could be better for sure, but it makes good stable carbon for garden soil. And it's so easy.
I have two Weber grills that I use for biochar. I just leave the vents open just a bit.
Thank you for the tip
I find if you light a small fire, then add layers of fuel as the first layer starts to ash over, and repeat for each layer, you get a more consistant charcoal. I've tried different methods, now I use an old oil drum on it's side with a ~10" wide slot cut for the burn hole, it limits the oxygen just enough, and still produces a consitant charcoal with different dia wood, still need to douse it of course.
Great info. Thank you for the tips.
Excellent, concise 👍
Thank you
Ash is beneficial too. Burn longer, save the ash and mix with water and water with it when your plants are fruiting and flowering to add potassium, calcium, magnesium, and other minerals.
I agree, ash is a great fertilizer when used carefully. Temporarily messed up my soil pH with it once when I added too much, but it self-corrected. Was a good lesson for me. I can get ash from the stove so I just focused mainly on making biochar, but you make a good point. Thank you for the tip.
Excellent detail! Thank you.
Thank you
Thank you for this informative video. Parts of my garden suffer from very poor quality soil and biochar is definitely a solution I need to try.
You're welcome. A new garden plot I started a couple years ago had red clay for soil, so I top dressed it with a little biochar and compost mix, only about a 1 inch layer, mostly compost. The compost had been inoculating the biochar during the previous months as it was decomposing. Then I mulched over it with wood chips, about 4 to 6 inches or so. That year the garden wasn't so good. The following year was much better, and now 2 years later it's much much better. The wood chips have decomposed quite a bit now and I'll probably need to add more soon, but they really helped to protect and feed the microbes and improve the soil. I believe 4 to 6 inches of wood chips was what the teachers of the "Back to Eden" gardening method recommend. That method has really helped me over the years, and biochar took it to the next level for me.
I have an old dehumidifier and a 100+ year old house. I had put a little clorox in the bottom to kill anything in the tank and tried Odoban sprayed on the filter before running it. My furnace died and had sprayed my house with dust and contaminants. I never imagined I could get at the coils! Thank you for an informative video.
I didn't have all the gear to do what you did so I used a spray bottle of water and a spray bottle of enzyme cleaner in the front grill. I used a fan to dry it after. I didn't pull it apart. It ran much better afterwards.
You're welcome. The pre-filter material that I now use really helps to keep the coils clean. It needs to be changed every couple months or so, but has made a huge difference.
Jesus Christ Saves
From what I hear, he was very compassionate and understanding.
I have been studying its use in soil remediation for four years. It's not the magic bullet many people imagine. It's most likely to help when the soil has low PH, low SOM and low CEC. Application without understanding the variables results in negative effects roughly 30% of the time. The best source of information on variables are meta studies published in the last two years. Some of the more important aspects are explained in this plain-language presentation produced by Dr. Debbie Aller of Cornell University: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fpOX27xme8zHY9Y.html
Are there places where we know anywhere you look the soil would benefit from biochar? Say, Mexico or Texas? I'm curious if we could be turning our humanure into biochar and dropping all that carbon into the ground for a few centuries where it would do good are that easily available.
Thank you for providing us with that information.
I made some this year, inoculated it for a few weeks , then added some to the soil of where i planted my vegetable plants. I am dissapointed and it seems to hurt the plants rather than help them.. not sure if i will use it again.
I wonder if maybe the charcoal hadn't finished charging for some reason. I'll try my best to help you figure this puzzle out. Could you please give me some more info about the charging method that was used for the biochar? For example, was it soaking that long in a mixed organic liquid fertilizer/water solution, or was it mixed into a compost pile? Also, the approximate average temperature over the inoculation period could be helpful info.
@@BudgetPhil i crushed it into half inch and less pieces, put it into a barrel, added rain water , fish fertilizer, glacier rock dust , comfry, stinging nettle, sheep manure, chicken manure...for about 2 to three weeks . The smaller particles sank to the bottom, the larger ones kind of semi floated. I mixed it every day. I tried to use the particles that were water logged. I may have used too much char when I planted each plant. I dug a hole for the plant threw in some char, chicken manure, rock dust , mixed it and planted the plant.
The concentration of biochar in the root zone might be the issue, but the problem may go away as the plants adapt and grow their roots out some. If the chicken manure was fairly fresh, it could cause a temporary issue with over-fertilization, as it's quite strong. On the other hand, if the biochar was very hydrophobic and didn't soak up enough liquid to saturate it, then it may still be loading up. If so, it may take a few more weeks to finish. The extra nutrients you mixed into the planting holes will be helpful if that's the case. I agree that it would probably be best to hold off on adding more biochar until the issue with the plants is resolved. Are the plants showing signs of deficiencies or maybe over-fertilization? If we could determine that, it would narrow down the list of possible problems.
@@BudgetPhil the plant have not died but they are either growing too slow or seemed stunted on the other hand we have been having not a great year as far as the weather goes for growing a garden. I will keep the remaining biochar in the barrel and add it at the end of the growing season. Thanks for your reply.
I once mixed some biochar, that I only soaked in an organic nutrient solution for a couple hours, into a batch of my indoor potting soil. I crushed the biochar but there was a mix of different size pieces, and the large pieces were floating in the fertilizer water and not fully saturated, but I wanted to experiment. What ended up happening is pretty much what you have described, the plants I transplanted into that soil began to slow down and show signs of deficiency. I fertilized a few of the plants with a half strength organic liquid fertilizer mix when it was time to water them, and they began to grow more like normal a couple days later. Then I fertilized the rest after confirming it was the problem. I still had to fertilize them more than usual as they grew, because the biochar took another month and a half to finally finish taking from the soil, and start giving. I assume the larger pieces of biochar weren't finished charging, since I only gave a couple hours. But I would have thought the amount of time you soaked it would have been enough, because 24 hours has always worked out okay for me. Looks like I should learn more about the subject of charging and inoculating biochar. I'll study this and see if I can make a video or two that helps to shed more light on this topic. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. You've provided some great info.
Hey, great video! I've been using biochar for the last 13 years an found it works best when charged with organic fertilizer or even better when put into the compost bin. The latter helps to speed up composting immensely but also lets the biochar "settle in". Over the course of a few months some sort of additional carbon coating ist forming and that is when the full effects of biochar set in. When you apply biochar compost, the biochar already spent some time forming the coating
Thank you. That coating you mention really interests me, I look forward to learning more about that. And thank you for sharing these awesome tips.
It's not your fault man. It's the fault of these scum companies that don't make the coils easily accessible for cleaning. I'm gonna try to build a DIY dehumidifier that makes the coils easily accessible. If you've got any ideas let me know.
It's a shame that they build them this way. A piece of A/C window unit filter material is what I now use as a pre-filter. I just cut the material to fit over the intake of the dehumidifier and tape it on. Needs to be replaced every couple months but so far it's worked okay. I would recommend integrating a pre-filter of some kind into your DIY unit, like a MERV 7 HVAC filter maybe. Thank you for your support.
@@BudgetPhil that was exactly my plan. I'm gonna include an HVAC pre filter to stop most of the gunk. The problem is dehumidifiers will build up mold even of you use prefilters because mold only needs water and co2 from the air to build up. The HVAC pre filter will still probably help in slowing the growth though. My idea is to build it like this: Two compartments. Top compartment contains the compressor and it's components. Bottom compartment contains the two coils. The coils are separated by a foot. Don't see any reason, besides the slim aesthetic, as to why they have to be packed so tightly. This'll make it easier to clean them thoroughly. A drainage hole in the bottom compartment to attach a drainage pipe. You can flood the bottom compartment by plugging the drainage hole and the air inlet and outlet. So I would plug it and then flood it with some mold killing product. Don't know if hydrogen peroxide works but I'll figure this out later. I'm gonna leave the electrical work to an electrician or electrical engineer because I'm illiterate when it comes to serious electrical work.
That sounds like a cool project. Thank you for sharing those ideas
Hello, I took actions has mentioned in this video. There is definitive important the air output. However, i noticed the vibrator has a small hole and it wont lock with pin attached the shell (should it lock? i am not sure). But the noise is intermittent. suddenly there is surge in the noise and suddenly it is decreasing. I have uploaded the issue. If you have time, please review. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKVqsMijiLveeM4.html
I have a danby dehumidifier similar setup...its blowing out the smell of mold. Ive been using it for personal home use for about 3 years now. So workshop or personal doesnt seem to matter. These things seem to collect moldspores and theres no way im doing what you did to clean it. So i guess im going to have to buy a new one. Such a shame.
Some manufacturers now put pre-filters on these types of units that actually work for dust. I suggest looking at dehumidifiers with good pre-filters. That's what I'll be doing next time.
This guy sounds extremely excited about all of this😂
I tried to hide my excitement.
make the thicker cables shorter
Thank you for the tip
Super informative and thorough approach, you’re definitely gelping out alota people, including myself. Thanks man.
Thank you
Whilst I had heard of Bio Char I really didn't place any value for plants with it. You have explained the Value of it very well and therefore I will use it in the manner You recommend. Thanks.
Thank you. I plan on posting more videos about biochar soon.
Thanks! This series is an awesome demonstration of making a tool much more useful and user friendly. It's easy to see you know your metal work. Impressive.
Thank you
Genius
Thank you
Can i put a drop of motor oil to improve the efficiency of the diaphragm and the vibrating clip?
I wouldn't because it could damage the plastic and the rubber. Motor oil can make some plastics brittle. It would also likely collect dust. Silicone lube may be an option though.
Can we use isopropyl alcohol instead of water? Is it safer?
I don't know, but I generally try to avoid using alcohol on plastics. Most handle it fine, but some kinds of plastic can swell a bit when exposed to alcohol. I assume a quick wipe to disinfect the pumps parts would probably be okay.
Removing the circular sponge. It will improve the air output. But what could go wrong by removing it?
The pumps check valves may get dirty much faster than they otherwise would with the filter.
@@BudgetPhilThank you for all the responses. I am clear now. I hope it will help others.
I dropped my water flosser and now it seems clogged the water doesn't come fully and it makes a weird noise what should I do?
I recommend checking the tip for a clog. Little pieces of debris, like calcium deposits, can get lodged in the nozzle and block the water flow.
Let’s add some more CO2 to the atmosphere 🤨😖
I had similar thoughts a few years ago, but it's not that simple. Compost releases CO2 faster than stable, sequestered carbon. The microbes eat both labile and stable carbon and release CO2 during the process. But stable carbon takes a lot longer for them to consume. That's why compost disappears so fast when in use, but biochar stays in the soil for much much longer. Labile carbon is still needed though, as a readily available source of carbon for microbes. I'll explain this better in some upcoming videos.
I think the same thing every time I have a campfire, but BudgetPhil is correct. In our garden, we have "excessively well-drained" soil (the official soil description) and a lot of trees that send their roots everywhere and take a lot of what little remains for the (mostly native) plants we grow. So we add a lot of wood chips and compost, as the carbon will help retain moisture through our hot, dry summers. But we have to add more every year. Why? The carbohydrates in the wood chips and compost break down the CO2 goes into the atmosphere. By making biochar, some CO2 is released immediately, but the majority stays in the soil in a stable form, instead of all of it going into the atmosphere in a year or two. Charcoal in the soil can last for thousands of years, that's why it can be used to radiocarbon date archeological sites that have hearths, etc.
@patricknorton5788 Ok so burning releases co2. Uptake and use of nutirents in soil by roots increases co2 production as well as microbes eating in soil. But carbon hold co2 and releases slowly so in the end the amount of co2 release from charcoal production is really offset by the co2 sequestered charcoal eventually creates
Yes, the sequestered carbon should offset the carbon released into the air as CO2 during charcoal production. Biochar is mostly stable carbon, which can stay in the soil for a very long time because it's a form of carbon that is difficult for microorganisms to breakdown.
Do you know how many volcanoes are active at any given time and the magnitude of their emissions. How could people think they significantly impact global emissions in their back yard 😂😂😂
Good video. Thank you
Thank you
Mines leaking from the bottom just bought it
I recommend returning it and getting a replacement.
You can do it like this or drop 600 plus to someone else, I'll do it like this I have the stuff
Superb video, wish more people were like you! 💯 💯 💯
Thank you